Greek Election: Syriza Forges Coalition With Right-Wing Party

Syriza, the radical leftist party that swept to victory in Greece’s election, will form a coalition with the The Independent Greeks. But what does the right-wing, antiausterity party stand for? Photo: Reuters

By

Stelios Bouras and

Alkman Granitsas

Updated Jan. 26, 2015 7:30 pm ET

ATHENS—Alexis Tsipras, sworn into office as Greece’s new prime minister a day after his radical leftist Syriza party won a resounding election victory, swiftly forged a coalition government with the aim of shedding European-imposed austerity policies.

Syriza has little in common with its coalition partner—the small, right-wing Independent Greeks party—other than a fierce opposition to the austerity measures Greece embarked on in exchange for bailouts from its eurozone partners and the International Monetary Fund. Still, the...